‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات holding. إظهار كافة الرسائل
‏إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات holding. إظهار كافة الرسائل

Kalhor: With the holding of the football federation elections, we will reach the shore of peace/ special reward awaits the history makers of Iran in Konya


According to IRNA, Sina Kalhor On Saturday, in an exclusive interview with IRNA, the vice president of culture and development of public sports explained the most important measures taken in the past one year in the Ministry of Sports and Youth.

In response to the timely payment of bonuses to athletes and medalists, in an exclusive interview with IRNA, Kalhor said: During the various periods of holding the Olympics and World Games, it was unprecedented that the bonuses of medal winners were paid in a very short space of less than 2 months, but this happened and even the payment of this bonus It put the ministry in hardship and hardship, but still, the ministry preferred to be under this hardship and hardship, but the rewards of the athletes were not delayed. Even later, the ministry was criticized in this regard, and it was even said that you used to divide the bonuses into pieces like in the past and give a part this year and another part the next year. In fact, the issue of timely payment of bonuses was not paid as much as it should have been; While it was a good thing. Getting the satisfaction of the medal winning athletes was very effective and in my opinion, it was one of the important events of the government and especially the Ministry of Sports and Youth during the past year.

The reward of the medalists was paid from the Ministry's funds

He added: As you know, the reward of the medal winners was paid from the ministry's credit and was not outside the ministry's credit. This means that the Ministry shifted its priorities and placed its main priority on the payment of bonuses. In the previous periods, taxes were deducted from the champions' bonuses, but for the first time, no taxes were deducted during the payment of the Olympic and World Championship bonuses. Another event that we witnessed in this field was the payment of a podium to the Deaf Olympic medalists. In addition, there was a change in the amount of reward for the deaf. In the past, deaf athletes received nearly 20% of the rewards of Olympians, but in this period, they received nearly 60% of the rewards, which was a serious change. In addition, during the games of the Islamic countries held in Konya, the athletes received both the cash reward at the foot of their platform and the reward that was intended for them. Another important thing happened in the women's section, especially in fields such as handball, which recently achieved success. Before the deployment, the athletes were paid a part of the bonus amounts that were considered as participation in a particular competition for a team. Although this reward may not be a high amount, it is unprecedented. In football, futsal and some other disciplines that had won medals, based on the framework and regulations and the type of medal won, it was decided to pay the bonuses on time. In fact, the considered procedure was to pay the bonuses to the athletes on time.

A special reward awaits Iran's history makers in Konya

In response to the question of whether there is going to be a special reward to honor the history of Elham Hosseini, the Iranian weightlifter and the women's national volleyball team of our country, who succeeded in winning a medal for the first time in the Games of Islamic countries, he said: Yes. We have considered special rewards for special events that happen especially in the field of women's sports. Of course, I must say that during the sending to the games of Islamic countries, special privileges and positions were considered for women. In this way, a special reward is considered for those who make the first occurrence, but considering that the amount of this reward has not been decided yet, I cannot announce its amount.

The main purpose of amending the statutes is to help the flow of sports justice

In response to the actions taken in the direction of the development of sports justice, the vice president of culture and development of public sports, relying on the amendment of the statutes of the federations, said: the statutes of the sports federations have tried to solve some of the issues and problems of the federations. However, during the almost 8 months since the statute came into force, there have been challenges. Three to four paragraphs of these statutes need to be amended, which is on the agenda and a draft of it is going to be sent. If this happens, we can achieve the necessary justice that must be achieved in sports fields, so that all the powers, privileges and facilities are not given to only a few sports fields and other fields are deprived. The main purpose of amending the statutes is to help other disciplines to promote sports justice.

Football Federation elections will be held, we will reach the shore of peace

Kalhor, who in order to support the national football team for a successful participation in the World Cup, on behalf of the Ministry of Sports, recently visited Qatar, the host country of the World Cup, said: the advantage of the trip to Qatar was that in the seven axes, the issues that the national team We presented football is facing it in written form and in the form of an official report to various institutions. Almost three to four main cases, including players' bonuses, arrears of coaches and technical staff members, as well as part of the issues related to the logistics of the national team, were resolved with the support provided by the Ministry of Sports and the government. These were urgent matters that caused severe dissatisfaction in the national team, but thank God they were resolved. A number of cases were related to the preparation of the team to participate in FIFA Day 2 (September). According to the latest news that I have, plans have been made, preparatory meetings have been finalized and a camp has been planned in one of the countries with suitable weather conditions (camp in Austria); All in all, the issues related to the preparations and preparations of the national team have been completed, and I think that if we hold the elections of the football federation and the federation recognizes its president, we will reach the shore of peace.

The price of the most expensive World Cup ticket is 6 million

The vice-president of culture and development of public sports of the Ministry of Sports had previously emphasized in an interview with IRNA that the Ministry of Sports is seeking to provide travel packages for football fans to Qatar with a cost of less than 20 million Tomans. In his subsequent interviews with other media, Keller announced the costs of 45 million tomans. In response to the question that the packages of the World Cup are finally going to be provided to the applicants, he said: The packages include three parts; The price of tickets, flights and accommodation. Of course, ignoring the cost of feeding. Currently, the price of the most expensive World Cup ticket sold in the country is 6 million Tomans, and currently the Football Federation is selling tickets for the same amount. But the matter of accommodation and plane is a matter of discussion. If a domestic airline is able to transport the spectators, our prediction is that the cost of the spectators' round trip to Qatar will be between 10 and 12 million tomans. In this case, the accommodation fee remains. Previously, it was supposed that the return of spectators to Qatar would be daily so as not to impose the cost of accommodation on the spectators. If this happens, it would be possible to go to Qatar at almost the same price range of 20 million tomans. We are still trying to make this happen. Just last 2 days, I talked with the friends of the Ministry of Roads and they are trying to implement the daily package for sending spectators. There is another issue and that is that our friends in Kish have introduced a package that apparently no steps have been taken to implement it. The goal of the friends was to make the World Cup spectators stay in Kish and leave for Qatar from this island. In this case, the cost of traveling to Qatar will be around 35-40 million Tomans. Therefore, if the steps are implemented, if the spectators go to Qatar for a one-day trip from Tehran, the cost will be about 20 million tomans, and if they go to the host country of the World Cup with a three-to-four night stay in Kish, the cost will be almost 40 million tomans. .

We need a credit of 14 thousand billion to complete the projects

One of the actions of the Ministry of Sports during the past year was to conduct provincial trips, prevent new pickpocketing and complete half-finished projects in sports. Kalher said: Usually, three categories of actions are followed during the provincial trips of the Minister of Sports and his deputies; Completing the half-completed projects of large stadiums, completing multi-purpose halls, and constructing and completing artificial grass are on the agenda, and in provincial trips, credit is allocated for these three axes, and according to the priority of the Ministry of Sports, to prevent new projects from being picked up and the completion of half-completed projects. Almost a large part of the projects that have 80-90% progress have been completed during this period. Completion of sports projects in all areas, according to the announcement of the Minister of Sports, requires approximately 14 thousand billion tomans of credit so that we can say that all half-finished projects have been completed. Another goal of provincial trips is to resolve issues related to provincial delegations, which sometimes face legal challenges and some internal disputes, and this presence resolves issues. Another axis of provincial trips is related to the development and support of public and rural sports.

Privatization of the Magpies will help the health of football

Regarding the entry of Maghrabis into the stock market, which was one of the other important actions of the government in the last one year, Kalhor said: This was a great achievement, and after years of waiting, with the decision of the government and the ministry standing by this decision, the Maghrabis entered the stock market, and the first fruit of this happened. It was to clarify the contracts of the players so that the minimum overall figure of the contracts will be announced and we hope that the details of the contracts will also be clarified. After all, it is the shareholders' right to know what is happening. I hope that the privatization of Esteghlal and Persepolis will help the transparency and health of football. Perhaps one of the ways to overcome major football challenges is that our 2 important clubs entered the stock market and their shares are available to the public, the first step of which was the transparency of contracts, which helps to monitor and conclude better contracts.

Broadcasting and environmental advertising is a big step towards becoming a professional

In response to the Federation Football League's agreement to grant environmental advertisements to the clubs and the Magyars' acceptance of this, he said: This issue is one of the things that helps both the professionalization and income generation of clubs and the maintenance of sports facilities. As you know, more than 4-5 decades have passed since the life of Azadi Stadium and despite the high volume of competitions that are held in this complex, very few resources were allocated for its reconstruction, repair and maintenance. Allocating a part of the amount of contracts related to environmental advertising helped to maintain and repair sports facilities. Clubs could also earn significant income from environmental advertising. Of course, since it is the first years, there are differences between the contracted figure and the obtained figure, but this way has started and has now become a procedure, and if the issue of broadcasting rights is added to environmental advertising, it will be a big step for the professionalization of clubs, especially We have taken football clubs.

We are witnessing great developments in the field of youthfulness in sports

Regarding the actions taken in the direction of youthfulness in sports, Kalhor also said: The Council of Deputy Ministers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, compared to other ministries, this ministry is one of the few institutions whose deputies are young, and in fact, the Minister of Sports, among his colleagues, promotes the slogan of youthism. has implemented The second point is that we are sports and youth, and one of the main priorities and missions of our youth deputy is to provide opportunities for political and social participation of youth, and the most important is the opportunity to be in governance positions in executive bodies rather than the opportunity to use force. Have youth to provide services. Friends have approved a plan by the Supreme Council of Youth and the idea of ​​a young assistant is being pursued, and I think that if the statistics of the actions taken in the last 8 months are published, we will see great developments regarding the number of young people who have entered the executive body. Of course, we have a bigger horizon in mind.


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IHC bars ECP from holding by-polls on Mian Soomro’s vacant seat

PTI MNA Muhammad Mian Soomro. — NA website
PTI MNA Muhammad Mian Soomro. — NA website
  • ECP de-notofied Soomro from NA-196 Jacobabad due to long absence.
  • Court says Soomro should have submitted a leave application.
  • Mohammad Mian Soomro is currently abroad, will return on Sept 27.

The Islamabad High Court Friday barred the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) from holding by-elections on the vacant seat of Muhammad Mian Soomro.

Barrister Zainab Janjua, the petitioner’s lawyer, presented her arguments before Justice Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb. Soomro’s counsel told the court that her client was elected from constituency NA-196 Jacobabad and is one of those PTI MNA who didn’t resign.

She further added that National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf declared the seat vacant due to the member's absence from the lower house for 40 days.

“The petitioner is out of the country and cannot travel much due to health issues; however, despite this, the ECP de-notified the MNA and announced by-polls,” Soomro’s counsel told the court.

However, Justice Aurangzeb said that the petitioner did not submit a leave application and remained absent from the assembly for 40 days.

After hearing the arguments, the court refrained the ECP to hold by-elections on the NA-196 Jacobabad seat until the next hearing scheduled to be held in September.

Justice Aurangzeb directed Barrister Janjua to confirm from her petitioner regarding his plans to go to the assembly because his presence will be mandatory. To this, the counsel informed the court that his client will return on September 27 and will then go to the assembly.

The court directed that registrar high court to schedule the next hearing in September.

Last week, the ECP had de-notified Soomro from NA-196 Jacobabad, under Clause (2) of Article 64 of the Constitution after the decision of National Assembly.


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Africa: Holding Onto Hope As We Mark World Humanitarian Day

Let's recognize humanitarians who work tirelessly, day and night, to save lives at risk

When the merchant vessel Razoni sailed from Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa earlier this month with more than 26,000 tons of corn for global markets, she was rightly the subject of intense attention.

Her passage was the result of months of negotiations between Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine and the United Nations, including UN humanitarian staff, logisticians and legal experts.

For the first time since the war in Ukraine began five months earlier, sea exports of Ukrainian crops were to resume, giving much-needed hope to millions of people beaten down by rising food prices and declining supplies, pushing many into hunger and even famine conditions.

And hope is so rare these days.

Conflicts. Hunger. The climate crisis. Droughts. Poverty. A pandemic. In more than 40 years of aid work, I don't remember the world being so overwhelmed with problems and in such urgent need of action to solve them.

Right now, a record 303 million people need humanitarian aid.

A glimmer of hope

But despite this grim picture, I still hold on to hope. Why? Because over the years, I have seen that while conflicts and other crises bring out the worst, they also inspire the very best in humanity.

Even in the depths of despair and division, there are glimmers of hope -- from new solutions to seemingly intractable problems, to acts of generosity and kindness that bring solace to the suffering.

Delivering hope and standing in solidarity are at the very heart of humanitarian action. Today, on World Humanitarian Day, we want to celebrate this spirit, for in some of the bleakest situations it may be all that people have.

There is a phrase "It takes a village to raise a child." Likewise, it takes a village to help a community in crisis.

This village is made up of affected communities themselves, who are always first to respond when crisis strikes, backed up by a support system of national emergency services, local businesses and civil society, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN agencies, and the Red Cross and Red Crescent family. Many are international aid workers, but the vast majority of humanitarians are from the crisis-affected countries themselves.

Every hour of every day, this humanitarian 'village' steps up to organize relief deliveries, distribute cash, set up mobile health clinics and schools, build water pumps, airlift nutrition supplies, provide counselling support and so much more, supporting millions of people balancing on the edge of survival.

This village is populated by aid workers like Zuhra Wardak, a champion of girls' education and gender issues, who was one of the first to return to work in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover.

And Andrii, a driver with Ukrainian NGO Proliska, who risks his life to evacuate people from areas under bombardment.

And Amina Haji Elmi, a women's rights champion in Somalia, who realized helping women was her mission after she and her family were displaced by conflict in that country.

There are also glimmers of hope at the wider level.

For instance, amid the relentless violence in Ukraine, we have seen thousands of volunteers assisting people trapped in war zones, and the generosity of communities that have welcomed Ukrainian refugees, echoing a long tradition of neighbourly support that is evident from Bangladesh to Colombia, from Jordan to Uganda.

We can draw inspiration from political progress made in brutal and bloody crises like Yemen, where the truce has held, dissipating some of the constant fear of violence.

From improved access to people in need in Ethiopia's Tigray Region, which, thanks to persistent and painstaking negotiations, has enabled aid convoys to reach people who desperately need food.

From the passing of Security Council resolution 2642 allowing cross-border aid to continue into north-west Syria, extending a lifeline for millions of people at least for the next few months.

And from the Navi Star, Polarnet, Razoni, Rojen and many other ships that carried Ukrainian crops to the rest of the world, offering a grain of hope to some of the 345 million people suffering from food shortages.